Idioms
An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.
Idiom:
hush up (something) or hush (something) up
Meaning:
to keep news of something from getting out, to prevent people from knowing about something
Example:
The government tried to hush up the bad economic news but the media soon discovered the facts.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.